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HOG PRODUCERS MEET—Among the ditectois who were returned to the executive
of Huron County Hog Producers Association Ivere, from the eft, Ross Love, Hay
lira vice-president; W. fl,. Lobb, Clinton, president, and Edmond Hendrick,
Stephen township director, The meeting endorsed the assembly yard marketing plan
and turned down a resolution requesting an experiment with a "stable to packing
packing plant" system advocated by Ontario Farmers Union, —T -A Photo
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Answers 'Distort
About Marketing
James Boynton, secretary of
Ontario flog Producers Market -
"Len most distorted facts about.
the hog marketing program" at
the annual meeting of Huron
hog 'producers in Clinton Satur-
Here is a summary qf the
"lies", as Mr. Boynton termed
ieni, and lus comments on
each; •
1. This prpgrane takes away
farm er's freedom.
"How much freedom did you
have to get • hogs on the open
market under the old system?
How much freedom did you have
to say where your hogs should
go? We have heard many corn -
plaints . from producers about
truckers who took their hogs
direct to plants Mice producers
ordered them to the yards."
2. The co-operative is not dem-
ocratic because membership is
compulsory,
"This policy- is decided by a
majority of hog producers. It
can be changed if you wish,"
3. Our program interferes with
the. law of supply and demand.
"Did supply and demand work
before when only eight percent
of the hogs were sold on the
open market in Toronto? The
other 92 percent went directly
.to the packing plants and a
great many plants didn't pay in
relation to the price establisbed
in Toronto. We now have 14
market points and 80 'percent of
the hos arc on the open mar- ,!
ket. This situation makes it
much better for the law of stip-
Facts
Pr gram
ply and demand' to work," co-operative? 11 it's so good,
4 Packers don't get their, wily wouldn't all the farmers
share o hogs.
ock to join it?
"All they have to do is bide Mr. Boynton cited the history
a little higher and they can get of a fruit growers organization
all the hogs they need. The pack- in British Columbia which made
er that is willing to pay the best! three attempts to organize vol.
price gets the hogs. untary co-ops hut found it was
5. The plan is costing too not possible because there was
much. • always a minority of producers
1which was prepared to sell out
"The present charge of 24
cents per hoe plus a 20 -cent pro-, side the co-op to the detriment
of the majority,
rating charge — which. averages
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Cites Other .Benefits
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lioron hog preduce indicated receivecl from the contact man, 'ill which the Ppeoeition -dePlandfe
"Saturday they want to give the he explained, the board might wero placed 'before producers
assembly yard marketing pro- Promise a packer .a Certain nem.disproved the claims Of map/
gram a .fair trial before ',trying ger of hogs only to find later 'opponents who have .ealdtJe ptr
any other system, ; that the farmers who bad offer- • ganization was dietetorial.
By a vote of two to one, they ed them were not prepared to ; Reeolutionsa ad discission
defeated .a resolution' asking the ',sell. ' were requested .froin the floor
marketing co-operative to ex. There was an additional prob- by the president„ Bert Lobb, and
pertinent with the "stable to lem, lie said, of handling tele- . the election of ()Ulcers was cleaee
packing plant" alternative which phone, calls from alieof the con- ,ly established as being wide
is being. proposed by .0etario fact me» which would have to open Dby Agricultural Represente,
F' , be eetablished '
Heron county hog proeucers el hogs to the e'ards in, Kitchen- armersTJnionthere was a contact man fin the province.live ouglas H. Miles who pre,
d for this part of the pro-
h.cht their annual ii.ecting in the er. This trucker charged me 50 The issue arose at the annual If or side
every shipper in Ontario, there gram.
meeting in Clinton when •Gordon
Legion Hall, Clinton, on Satur- cents a head more this year mu, president a OFU would be over 1,200 and the In the election, two Ashfield
the weather. I the hog producers had reduced i"
and altrajnmi•ey township bog pro- board couldn't handle that many township representatives nomin-
day. There was a very good at- than what I had paid last yew*.
tendaece, especially considering When I asked_ him he said that duce it et LI calls on Illonday 'morning he ated from the floor were ejected
.1 evethatie .county i e„;_,_., __, *
over two others who had been
amount of money to be made association 'request tile Prevni. Pv""uu ti4"
1 'Iso rganization has received i the
`so much publicity in regards to . from transporting hogs there-. cial board to "set up on a trial Several producers expressed nominated by the committee el).
fore truckers had to have moreLite opinion that "one marketing pointed by the executive. Dole.
their selling and directional. pro- i rh.asis theasystemi... ,of, harns
hogs
. pian at a time is enough" and gates -at -large nominated from
that the present scheme should the floor, however, failed to up -
be given a thorough trial before set those proposed by the cern.
another is attempted. niittee, indicating the board had
The division over the market- the confidence of at least it
gram that some of the other 11111T for returloads, This I the packer who has purchased
transportation costs for bogs.
We have had bad weather nailer
which h farmers need to real -
Instead, the producers passed
of assembly yards —
tie resolution and two votes majority of the 150 producers
truckers. Alo with this it nas 'the Clinton yards. The' farmer is ent sYstcin
things are being overlooked. I n answers the question of same though the co-op."
as made the collecting , a resolution,* "thep
res
the la that hogs are sold f.o.b. from.
of hogs much slower for
only responsible for payment ofwith , held during the election of of- Who attended.
asscinblg yards!" ° le beers marked one of the first Several of the association die
transportation to the nearest
marketing' yard. Some truckers Speaking for his resolution, times the county association has rectors supported the resplution
. ' been challenged at an open presented by Gordon Hill, prov,
been quite .cold. These two fac-
tors have caused considerable
frost damage to one load of hogs
ate picking up hogs when the i. Hillsaid. 'there has been
transported by one trucker. meeting. The democratic method ing they were not just a "bunch
Clinton yard is not operating and a great deal of discussion as to of puppets" working for the or.
after the hogs had been slaugh
The packing plant, finding this . taking the hogs to Stratford or whether the assembly yards are
tered,. docked this shipment "''eebeener.
In this case the farm- doing farmers any good, As soon School Cost
er is responsible for the trans- as the bogs are in the assembly
One of the resolutions en* .... in the past.
ganization as has been charged
- ! y
considerably, This would have paints Yards we have lost our bargain- dorsed by the producers stated
been a. direct loss to the produe. I portation costs to those
rather than to Clinton. big power because the packers
er The marketing agency re -
know we can't hold them for Forum
While we sympathize with the
fused this settlement on the
grounds that this less leas ! truckers who may be sufferine
any length of time."
that there are 'some truckers
•opic who do not supply a statement
Monday, night was review
loss of income the farmer is pro-
' "If we left them in the farm -
through no fault ,of the producer them, /eight for farm. forums when each and tattoo identification, there.
and payment would have to be ers' yards before soling
thrum chooses its program. Most fore we would recommend to
d'uclinggahino!snoit" tollisproo7idefinthane we could hold them for 10 or all producers to demand a state -
received either . from the plant , c'a'
of the number of hogs shipped
of them did not meet last week
transporter With a profitable 12 days until the packers were merit and tattoo identification."
or from the truck:. in this case
the plant took the loss but a business.
very definite warning went out
hogs if he wished to continue Bice Bridge cessful because "where there's Unique Forum held its meet
-
forced to meet our priees." on account of the storm and
some have not met for two or Edmond Hendrick, Stephen
Officials of the marketing three weeks.
board, he said, objected to the
to the trucker that he would • plan but he felt it could be sue- Unique have to improve- his handling of Forum
a will there's a way." ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
transporting ,hogs: Thus the mar-
keting, board protects the farm-
ers interests,
The cost of trans:Porte* was A $24,500 contract for construe*
questioned at the meetin,z. I pur- Lion of the Bice bridge near was id bv
chased a few cattle in Kitchener , c 'd
ontract Let
Cost of the assembly yard Harold Horner with 20 members
present. The members chose to
would be eliminated under this
system, he pointed out. The plan discuss the previous week's topic
Would be to have a contact man
who would call a certain group
director, was chairman of ths
resolutions committee.
Opening the meeting, Huron
president Bert Lobb charged
that too many hogs "are being
sold out the back door," The
number of hogs from Huron ree
corded by the board was con.
*3 siderably less than figures shove
leducation—Who Should Pay?
led by Mr. Aaron Oestricher, for production in the county.
last Thursday and hired a trunk- , of producers every Monday morn-Thibe said, was deprivirig
, The secretary reports
er from this district to brine vray Township Council during its ing to determine how many ,hogs proximately 65 per cent of local Huron
of its full number of die
them home. He had taken a load meeting Saturday' were ready to go to market. education costs are met by mu- rectors on the board which was
out to five cents per hog—is less I 9. It's a monopoly.
Hog producers can't control
than the former charge of 70 ,
cents a hog which was paid at their producer because it is per;
the Toronto yards. The' packers isheble. It has to be sold when
themselves have visited ourAS. ready. All we can do is
fices and have said they could- sell it at the best price supply
n't operate themselves as ee. and demand will allow,"
ficiently as the co-operative." 10. The program has been of
"Community sales charge two no use to the producer. • .
percent per hog but the co-op During the past five Years,
fees amount to only onc-half of while the marketing program has
one percent,"
6. Peoclucers have no say in
marketing program.
"Meetings like this one through -
been developed, the price in To-
rqrito has averaged $2.80 .per
cwt. over Winnipeg. During the
preceding five years, which in -
out the province decide the poi- I eluded part of that period when
icy of the co-operative. If some- inroducere had the contract with
thing isn't right, the majority the British Food Ministry, the
can change it." spread. in price was only $1,64.
7. The marketing -regulations He quoted figures to show where
are not valid. packers had actually lowered
Mr. Boynton outlined the. vote Prices while the supply was
diminishing. He also said the
taken among hog producers in
1945 and commented upon the board, through the use of weigh
Supreme Court ruling on the scales, had been able to check
jurisdiction of provinces over up on several processors whose
the inArketing of hogs. records revealed that they .wert
"It. is illegal to market hogs allowing yield of only 65 per -
outside the agency and anyone cent.
doing so is liable tq prosecu-
tion."
, 8. Why not have a voluntary District Men
• .
Win'At Fair
(...." .
A number of fm
arers from
) this district woe major prizes
at Middlesex Sced Fair in Lon-
don this week.
Eric Finkbeiner, - Crediton„
captured' the 4.H corn champion-
ship with the lop exhibit of a
half -bushel. Two other members
of the South Huron club, Garry
Bowcliffe, Exeter, and Glen
Greb, Zurich, .won second and
third prizes.
Erwin Scott and Sons, Luean,
shared top prize in the bushel
, barley championship.
1 John E. Hodgins and Sons,
R.R. 8 Parkhill, wan the clover
and grass seeds championship.
This team won Bret prizes for
timothy and red eiover.
Harvey Ovens, ClandeboYe,
took top 'loners in second cut
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Lobb Heads
Hog Group
W. R. Lobb, Clinton, was re-
elected president of Huron Ceuta
ty Hog Producers .Association at
the annual meeting which' saw
eeveral votes held for contested
positions. • pay the costs of spraying cattle
Mr, Lobb was one of four out of general township funds.
de:legates-at-large elected in a Reports on the McLean and
sevenen an contest. Burley municipal drains were
Meet Vice -President Ross Love,
Hay township, retained his posi-
tion in a close race against Al-
bert acon, Morris township,
who was returned as second
vice-president. .
Alfred H. Warner, Bayfield, re-
mains secretary -treasurer. Dele-
gates -at -large are E. Porter, S.
Halihan and Alvin Rau. Orville
Taylor is an alternate.
Delegates and alternates from
the townships include:
Hay—Ross Love and George
Grenier.
Stephen—Ed Hendrick a n d
Bruce Shapton,
Usborne—Harry Hern and
Thomas Creery.
Tuckersmith—A. McGregor and Crop Report
Wilfred Coleman.
Stanley—William Coleman and By A. S. BOLTON
j. Taylor. Prices on. the steer market
McKillop—G. Smith and Gord itiiiigisheisatstroilsveseokinehatiVnie ebebeencauthsee
Eliot.
Ashfield—R. :Finnigan and We-
flthfea rmfa cetr st od
that
at t elviaversimpossible
lie in Metter. -
.'
Colborne—J. Fisher and R. totheintarekets.
FisherAll ofhagricultural organi.
Goderich—A. H. Warner
and zfiartsitclipt anirtenotinthse pwleatoikneidiadfoit.o
the
William Longmire, be
Grey—M. Dennis and Douglas postponed.
Hemingway. Very few entries have been
Ifullett—Lloyd Stewart and received so far for the Huron
Arnold. Dale. County Seed Fair on Mardi. 7
East Wawanosh—Robert Arm- and 8. The deadline for entries
to reach the Department of
Agriculture, Clinton, is Satur.
day, March 1,
Seaforth Concrete General Con-
tracting Co, was awarded the
lob which must be completed by
September 1.
The bridge. which will span the
Little Ausable, will replace one
which collapsed when it was
struck by a pickup truck in a
fatal accident last year.
Bruce Steeper and Gordon
Mawson were appointed inspec-
tors for warble fly spraying in
the township. Council decided to
adopted.
Payments made in connection
with the Hagoieier lawsuit in-
cluded $50 to Dr. G. Ross Lord, Safety Prizes
and $232.55 to McCallum, Lemon
and McNab.
Fox bounties wore paid to Jack
Witten (five), Anthony Martene,
Robert Morley, Erwin Thompson
and Otto Darling.
A relief payment of $25 was
made,
Reeve Earl Dixon presided and
all members were present, Next
meeting will be held Saturday,
March 29, at 1.30 pen.
nicieal taxes and the balance is determined by the number of
The contaei, nian would then
phone Toronto to tell the agencyprovided by provincial govern-
hogs marketed:
how many were available and flints but we feel that the leder-
Mr. Lobb said he was "quite
wait for instructions as to where al government should help pay well satisfied" with the results
vincial government shottld pay a
that the pro- of the new assembly yard in
Huron which is operating one
to deliver then. ' school taxes and
Carl Boynton, secretary-treas- day a week at present; Number
urer of the provincial board who larger share.
The rural and urban dweller of hogs marketed through the
was guest speaker at the meet-
ing, said this type of marketing should pay an equal amyard had risen in three weeksount of
had been tried to a limited
taxes towards education, The from 398 to well over 500, before
ex -
rural . dweller is taxed on his storms blocked the roads,
tent, in Grey county but it. bad buildings and land while the most I dop t see how we can open.
not proven successful, partly be- urban dwellers pay taxes on I ate only one day a week," ha
cause the hogs were not under "We should be able
the direct control of the board. their buildings only. University cciritinued.
to market from 500 to 1,000 bogs
education should be paid by the
On the basis of the information federal government to all see a week so that the yards would
dents who are qualified for such he a profitable operation plus a
an education." convenience to Huron farmers.
The next meeting will be held The Clinton yards, he said,
on March 10 at the home of Mr, meant that many producers could
and Mrs. Clare Geiger. The save the $1.25 trucking charge
topic "Ladies and Gentlemen" to Stratford by hauling the pigs
will be taken by Mrs. Carl to the yards themselves.
Forums from Goderich and Oestrieher. Tribute was paid to Huron
Hullet townships and a section county producers for their sup.
of RCAF Station Clinton won Fairfield Forum port of the marketing program
prizes for the best traffic safety Fairfield Forum met at the by Eldrid Aiken, Allenford, pres-
essays at. Huron County's Safe- home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Neil ident of the provincial board.
Driving Rally in Clinton Monday with 21 adults present. I Wes Megwood, a board direc-
night. Owing to the illness of mein-; tor, said Huron produced some
Imre of the program committee . of the best quality pigs in the
Top prize went to the forum no program was arranged and a market . but the percentage of
from S.S. No. 4 Goderich, whose social evening was spent. Pek's" had slipped from 34.3 to
secretary is Mrs. Ira Merrill, The next meeting will be held 33 percent.
R.R. 2 Clinton, The driver -main- .
tenance school at RCAF Station
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted I Secretary -treasurer Alf r e d
Lamport. Clinton won second and third Lamp[Warner gave the annual reports.
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Hullet, Erie Anderson, secretary.
orums m
••••••.•••••••*
strong and Frank Nesbitt.
West Wawanosh—W. Good and
W. Kenehan.
Morris—A. Bacon and 11, H.
Coultis
Tereberry—Les Fortune and
Harry Mulvey.
Howick—E, Harding And G.
Angst.
The two representatives from
East WawanOsh. won at elee-
tine over two former members,
0, McGowan and Lloyd Wald-
ron.
More farmers sWitcli SOO Douglas H. Miles, agricultur-
Milkers for safer, faster milk- al representative front Huron,
ing. (adv't) conducted the election,
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